Paul wilhelm bietmann



, 1932- P. w. DIETMANN 1,846,994

CARRIER BAR FOB MATCH MAKING MACHINES Filed April 4, 1930 4 F762. WIPE/117111111111 /'7G .5. W WW9 FQ/GI/Q .F/Gm- 11527171172 IIOOOOOOO F/az WWW g H616. VAYIIJIIYIIYIIIIA l5 F/G. L9.

[IZZZZ 2i Patented Feb. 23, 1932 D STATES I PAUL WILHELM DIETMANN, or" JONKOIIN'G, SWEDEN wimp; enn ronrivmmcn MAKIN memes Application filed April 4, 1930, Seria1 116 441578, and in Sv veden ma ma- The present invention relates to match making machinesin which thesplints are put into perforationsiin carrier-bars by which they are conveyed through the machine to be impregnated with 'parafiine, have heads put on, and dried. The carrier-bars which usually form -an endless series guided along its hingedto each other to form an 'endles'schain. The matches, When finished, are ejectedfrom the carrier-bars by means of a'reciprocating needle-beam.

Heretofore, it has only been possible to use each machine of the above said type-forthe manufacture of 'matches the thickness of which lies within comparatively narrow limits determined by the diameter of saidper forations." A; factory for manufacturi'ng matches of several different sizes must,'jtherefore, as a rule,1be equipped With a plurality of machines some of which have theircarrierbars bored to receive thicker matches, whereas the carrier-bars of other machines are perforated to receive thinner matches, This, however, presents the drawback that machines designed, for instance, for the manufacture of thinner matches must be put out of operation at times due to an incidentalreduction of the orders for such matches, Wherek as the machines for manufacturing thicken matches cannot,'perhaps, at the same timefeffeet antemporar'y increase in the production of such matches. 7 g o It is true that proposalshave been made machine an additional chain "of carrier-bars or an additional set of such bars and by effecting exchange of carrier-bars when rematches in engagement with the perforations. It has been found however, that these springs may easily be damaged by the needle beam by which the matches are ejected and f' 1 plan view of monlyused to modifythis drawbackby having for .eacih 7 It has further been proposed so thatthey cannot at last hold the matches 11in place with safetyor Will break.

The present invention has for 'its object to provide acarrier-barwhich may be used I w in manufacturing matches of different cross edges may either be free'ofeach other or section rand hich does not-suffer from the disadvantage above mentioned. u The inventheperforations of the carrier-bar are'adapted to receive matches of differentthickness by forming the perforations, apart from any possible countersinking, of different. cross section in respect of individual perforations r for in respect of various portlons of oneia'nd the same perforation.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings infwhich, Figure "1] is a,

p part of a carrier-bar presenting '70 the well-known single boring as hitherto com- Fig. 2'isa section of thecorre- ,sponding part of an inserting plate orfgrate.

Figs. 3 1,30 5,. 6 to 10, 11 to' 13, and l4 to 16 illustrate in thesimilar way ,fourf differentflfi embodiments ofthe inventioninlwhich the bars arejformed with perforationsof differentfldiameters. Fig. 17 isa longitudinal sectio'n't'o an enlarged scale of aldoubleperforation, jand rFig 18 is a longitudinalf'seotion to" an enlarged ,scale' of a, conicalv perforation. F ig. 19 is a plan View of part of abar formed With two series of doubleperforationsor con ic'al perforations. V .I' i Y The well-known carrier-bar .1 shown in"g5 Fig. 1 is provided with fourrowsof perfora tions 2, all of the same diameter. For the V insertion of the splints intotheperforations quired." This,.'however, will not only result I of such a bar: a horizontally"reciprocating;

with number lof notches 5 corresponding to the number-ofperforations'2 of onechorizontal row; By well-known means matches may be caused to drop from a container into spring in each perforation to maintain the the notches'in order in theimovement of the grate to be inserted in that" row of perfora tions Qwhich is at the time right in front of thenotches. On the next insertion of matches the bar hasbeen moved downwards a distance. m3

corresponding to the vertical pitch of perforations so that the next row of perforations can be filled. The bars, after having been filled with matche'sin the manner above described, are conveyed further to impregnate the matches with parafline, have heads put thereon, and dry the matches which are then ejected by means of a reciprocating needle beam situated behind the bars. I i

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 5' the bar is formed perforations of: different diameters. The perforations 6 are of such a diameter as to be Salaam receivethicker matches, whereas the perforations 7 are of a smaller diametefithat is, adapted to receive thinner matches. In. I this embodiment the perfbrationsitijand 7; are situated alternately in each horizontal 'r'ow so that in? changing from the production ofl'Qthicker': matches to the-production of thinner matches a certain adjustment must? take place so asto cause the smaller perforations to coincide with the notches; of the grateusedl As the bars must be exactly guided-laterally at their ends said adjustment may 'beeife'ctedby displacing the guides laterally as to theleffif a fdi stance equal to thedi'stance between two-adjacent V; 7 I p adjustment, however, may also be effected .perforationsh, 7' of one and the same hori zontali'ow. In this case the same grate 8 may beused'. for both kindsjofmatches. The

. by displacing the grate 8 a corresponding distance-in which casetl-ilre wise onegrate only 1 is required... Yet,v it"is still better, especially in case of; thesmallest sizefto replace the grate 8 by another grate9 havin 'stagg'ered notches-which are, moreover, o a smaller width andwillf, as a result', eifect a more reliable guiding of the. matches during; the-insertion thereof so as to preventthem. from hec'omingbent' orbrealzi'ng, I I

According to Figs? 6' to 10' rows of smaller perforationsll are pnovidedbetweenfthe rows of widen-perforations 10. The adjustment may-iirthis'case be effected solely-hyadjusting the feeding'device ofthe bars while maintain- "ing tlie grate 12' in place. In order togsecu-re a more' positive guidingofthe. thin matches "the grate I2 may be replaced? by yetl another grate 13 havingperforations of redi1ced 'wi dth'. Should it be desired in any caseto f change gr'ates when effecting thefadjustm'ent, 5 the'grates may, preferabl'y'be of the designs jshown inFigs. 9and l0",'thatis to say, sothat foration. The insertion movement of vthe there willv he, a; difference; in depth between the wider notches, Fig.9, and the narrower v notches, Fig. 110, corresponding to the 'dis t'ance "between two adjacent perforations 10, .11" of one and the same verticalrow, whereby perforations constitutingseparatejrows, both horizontally and vertically, between the horizontal and vertical rows of wider perforations, respectively, presents the advantage over the embodiments above described that it permits a reduction of the pitch of perforations without falling below the minimum distance between the perforations .as shown in-Fi'gs. 31- and 6 'Thebar may, as aresult,

be'made narrower or formed with more per-' Lgered' perforations at each insertion. .I-n suchl-casethe gratemust be formedwithalternately shallow'and. deep notches. Even to such machines the present invention may be, applied, andlFigs l lto 16- show one ex- "am ple flofj such; application. Wider andr smaller perforations are inthis'case: arranged in the bar alternately with'each other both in the horizontal and the vertical rows, as

will appear from. Fig. 14',- Withthe grate 1 designed as shown, in. Fig; 15 two adjacent :9

rows; of wider perforations 5 may. be filled. at each-insertion. V Adjustment for the. purpose 'ofpmanufactu'ring. thinner matches m-ay,. be effectedflby adjusting the lateral guides-'ofthe barsror, by replacing the grate shown in l5by the grate shown in Fig.'.16.. Inthe. embodiments oftheinventionabove descrihedl two, sets. of perforations of difl'erent. diameters are formedv in the carrier-bar.

It 'is evident, however, that also three. or

more sets may be provided, i-ffvery thick and very thinv matches shouldbe. manufactured'lin I oneand'the same machine.

j Instead, of varyinguthe sizeofithe cross section off the individual. perforations with V respect to each=.other the sizeoff the cross section may be varied within each individual perforation; Fig. 17" shows. a longitudinal section of a, perforation, to anenlarged scale produced'by twocoaxial borings-l ls and lackdifferent diameters eachw ef-flwhich. extends through about half the thiclmess of the bar to form what may be termed. double perture; of: thicker, matches, such matches. will only enter the boring l t of the perforations, whereas in the manufacture of. thinner matches such matches will' also engage, the

manufacturing ,mat'ches of the same thick- 1 0 grate may be'soad-j ust'edthat-in the manufacboring- 15. In fact,,however,.provisionmusti ness, but of varying length, whereby it is considered unnecessary to describe more fully each adjustment in this connection. Each individual perforation may, of course, be composed of more than two cylindrical borings; in such case, however, it will, no doubt, be better to let the perforations continuously decrease in diameter, as, for instance, by

making them conical over their entire length, as shown in Fig. 18. The bars may, further-v more, be provided with double perforations or conical perforations in which case either all perforations may be of one and the same size, or two sets of perforations of different Width may be used. Fig. 19 shows an'example of such an arrangement. The set of perforations 16 may be designed as shown in Fig. 17 or 18 to receive comparatively thick matches, whereas the set of perforations 17 are adapted to receive rather thin matches. With the use of the grates shown in Figs. 15 and 16 two rows of perforations may in this case be filled at each insertion stroke.

It is to be noted that in a universal match making machine having carrier-bars of a design according to this invention it is also possible simultaneously to produce matches of different thickness. To this end, one part of the bar may be filled with matches of one size and the other part of the bar with matches of the other size, provided the grate is composed of two parts of appropriate cross sections.

What I claim is r 1. A carrier bar of the type having rows of perforations to carry and convey splints in match making machines; in which one set of perforations of a given diameter is arranged alternately with one set of perforations of a different diameter, to. allow the same bar to be used in manufacturing matches of different size. 7

2. A carrier bar of the type set forth havrows of perforations to carry and convey splints in match making machines; in which perforations of two different sizes are arranged alternately in one and the same row.

3. A carrier bar of the type set forth having rows of perforations to receive splints in match making machines and in which each such perforation is of gradually or continuously varying diameter, characterized in that two sets of such perforations of difierent size are arranged alternately with one another in the same rows, both in the longitudinal and the transverse direction of the bar.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name.

PAUL WILHELM DIETMANN. 

